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This is part of an ongoing series during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. To engage further in the #QuarantineSoulCare<\/strong> series, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n

On most mornings I turn to the Scriptures as much out of a good, lifelong habit as anything else. On some mornings I approach God\u2019s Word with a more keen sense of purpose. And sometimes I come with a real desire to meet God. But on many occasions\u2014often outside my daily routine of Bible intake\u2014I turn to the Word of God out of an acute awareness of need. The world\u2019s increasing complexity may have tensed my anxiety and frustration levels close to the snapping point. Or suffering, finances, or circumstances may have drained all my courage, endurance, or heart. \u2026
\nEvery now and then my heart is so broken, or my grief so deep, or my burden so heavy that I drop down in my desk chair, open the Bible, put my head in my hands and cry out, \u2026 \u201cLord, I\u2019m so discouraged. I don\u2019t know if I can go on. Give me hope!\u201d
\nHow does He answer? Sometimes it\u2019s through promises, such as, \u201cI will never leave you nor forsake you\u201d (Hebrews 13:5). Or He answers through the assurances of doctrinal passages like Romans 8:18: \u201cFor I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.\u201d Or He may reply through the comfort of psalms penned by writers with the same passions as those coursing through my soul: \u201cWhy are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance\u201d (Psalm 42:5).
\nOverall, I think God means for us to draw patience, comfort, and hope from the Scriptures by seeing there how He has always accomplished His purposes throughout the world and at all times, and then believing that He will accomplish them in our lives. \u2026 In the pages of Scripture, He gives me the hope of a better world that is one day closer.
\nIn His mercy, the Lord encourages us through people, circumstances, and countless other ways. But there\u2019s no simpler, purer, or more direct means of receiving His patience, comfort, or hope than by going to His Word and asking for it.<\/p>\n

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God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next.
\n–Romans 15:4-6, The Message<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nMay today you experience the patience, comfort, and hope through the words of God found in the Word of God. #quarantinesoulcare <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

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Today’s reading was taken from\u00a0Simplify Your Spiritual Life<\/em><\/a> by Donald S. Whitney.<\/h4>\n

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